A young woman, failing to get into college or find any sort of employment, withdrew into herself for years. During this time, she became immersed in true crime stories, leading her down a dark path that would go on to ruin lives. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support

I'm often asked to make some longplay videos for easy listening. Here's one! These cases aren't all from 2023, but they're all of the ones I covered in 2023. If you have any ideas for other themes that would make sense as a longplay video like this, let me know! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support

A young boy who idolized the creepypasta character, 'Jeff the Killer', wanted to be like him someday. Eventually, he incorporated Jeff into being a core component of his identity. And, in turn, he acted out his fantasies in a similar manner. Credit to ABC News for the interview footage --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support

When a Lizard Man and an 18 year old girl got together, the two immediately fell into an incredibly toxic relationship. This is a case involving lizard people, washed up reality stars, biker gangs, and a very strange ending. Buckle up. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support

Every month I come across some cases that I really want to talk about but just aren't long enough to be their own videos. So, how about we go through a bunch of them? This one includes some really weird ones. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support

A full length documentary. This is Elliot's life story. After a lifetime of exhibiting serious mental health issues, hatred, and anger, somewhere in the dark, seedy corners of the internet, he emerged as a figure that would come to be more controversial than he could have ever known. As he transcended mere anonymity and become somewhat of an an icon among his online peers, he would set in motion a chilling chain of imitative, horrific crimes spanning a decade. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/diretrip
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A man confined and performed unspeakable acts on his own niece, an international student, over the course of two, grueling days. The full extent of his actions would go unknown for years, until a mysterious USB drive turned up in an inexplicable way years later... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support

A woman out in Australia, after mistreating her boyfriends and husbands horribly over the course of her entire life, ended up committing one of the most infamous, heinous crimes in the history of the country. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support

Every month I come across some cases that I really want to talk about but just aren't long enough to be their own videos. So, how about we go through a bunch of them? This one includes some really weird ones. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support

A mentally unstable woman, after getting dragged through the mud in a tomultuous divorce, came to a realization: She would have to move to Missouri. She so adamantly did not want to go that, instead, she would do the unthinkable. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dire-trip/support